I'd have to say I enjoy myself a lot more, really. I don't feel so much responsibility as I did in other teams. It felt sometimes at Ajax and Liverpool that it had to be me. Now, every time I go out on to the pitch, I enjoy myself and laugh. I have gone through too many difficult times in my career and I don't want to keep thinking about them.

I worry when I can’t help the team with everything I have to offer.

In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after the defeat of the national team.

It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more.

My desire at Liverpool was to help get the club playing in the elite because they had been five years without it. We used to talk about it in the dressing room. If Liverpool are not in the Champions League, it is difficult to get the best players to come to the club.

There is always a chance to get even and I'm proud of the fact that for all the blows I always got back up again. That's what makes me most content.

I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team.